Midwife Interview Questions

1. What are the COVID-19 Policies for when it’s time to deliver?
2. Do you do homebirths\water births, or work with a birthing center?
3. What do you consider a natural birth?
4. When it comes to our unborn child, we want it to be as natural as possible without any kind of medical intervention, neither for me nor the baby “What are your routine newborn procedures immediately following the birth (skin to skin, delayed cord clamping, newborn exam etc)?”
5. Do you know about keloids and my odds of developing one down there?
6. If you are unable to attend my birth (ex. due to sickness, another birth at the same time), who would back you up?
7. How far past my estimated due date are you comfortable going?
8. How many births do you anticipate attending every month? How many babies have you delivered?
9. How often do you…
Episiotomies
Rupture Membranes (break water)
Schedule Inductions
Augment labor with Pitocin
Perform Cesareans
10. What kind of midwife are you? CNM, CPM, CN?
11. Have You received suture training?

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